Revell USS Voyager - Year Of Hell

Long story short, I had an old model of voyager given to my by my uncle, and Since I've got another boxed revell voyager to build, I thought I'd transform this into the year of hell edition

This is my first time scratching any interiors or anything, so I'm not sure how it'll all turn out. I've still got to thin out the edges of the plastic breaches with a dremel, and remove some of the blobbier areas (I used a soldering iron for the holes) I plan to light it using the flickering candle effect LEDS to simulate burning fires in certain areas.
Hopefully it'll turn out as well as my Bird of Prey model did

Don't put "loose" stuff in the open spaces. Chairs, tables and other stuff like that would have been blown into space when the hull breached. The only things that should be there are remains of structure that got torn away - walls, doors, support beams, broken ends of hoses and wiring, etc.

I'll add some wall stumps and stuff like that, and I think I'll use some tinfoil pieces in there too. That bends well and looks quite nice and realistic. only problem is I've not been able to find the flickering fake candles anywhere :P

A good modeler must be a good story-teller, and a torn up ship like this is the perfect expression of that. When makeing a huge torn out section of hull, think about what specific event caused that damage. How would that event spread into the volume of the ship? if you have identifiable surface elements that you've torn into (phaser strips, lifeboat hatches) show us the guts of that equipment that have been exposed. Maybe show some areas patched back up, suggesting that at least for a while, things were still hopeful enough to attempt repairs.

I've always wanted to do a model like this and the kit you're working on is a great candidate because it's big enough scale for some nice detail and Rick Sternbach designed it with plenty of known greeblies on the surface which gives you no end of detailing opportunities on this sort of project.

I do really like the effect you've managed with the soldering iron on the damaged areas. You really captured the feel of fatigued and pitted metal.

The main parts glued in now, this'll help me add more details connecting it to the hull itself, making it seem more seamless. I also plan to use filler at the edges, this way I can shape it into bulkheads and it'll seal it from unwanted views of the interior

I can't believe how much easier it is to make a battle damaged ship xD I've never managed to make up a kit that's nice and clean :P